Overview
- Police say an incendiary device described as a Molotov cocktail ignited an exterior gate at Sam Altman’s San Francisco home during a response call around 4:12 a.m. Friday.
- Officers later detained a 20-year-old near a business on the 1400 block of 3rd Street by OpenAI’s headquarters after recognizing him as the same suspect from the earlier fire.
- No injuries were reported, and charges remain pending in an open investigation led by the San Francisco Police Department’s Special Investigations and Arson units.
- Police have not released the suspect’s name or a possible motive, and OpenAI said it is cooperating with investigators and sees no ongoing threat to its staff.
- The episode follows other threats and protests targeting AI companies, including a lockdown at OpenAI’s offices reported last year, which could spur tighter security at tech campuses.